录放机 (lù fàng jī) — cassette tape recorder

Definition

noun
cassette tape recorder
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 录放机。
    Zhè tái lù fàng jī de yīn zhì hěn hǎo.
    This tape recorder has great sound quality.
  • 录放机。
    Tā xǐ huan yòng lù fàng jī tīng yīng yǔ cí dài.
    He likes to use a tape recorder to listen to English tapes.
  • 录放机？
    Nǐ néng bāng wǒ bǎ lù fàng jī xiū hǎo ma?
    Can you help me fix the tape recorder?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

录放record and play
录lùrecord放fàngplay
联合Side by side
机jīmachine

录 means record and 放 means play, so 录放 describes recording and playback, and 机 means machine, forming a recorder.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù錄lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 录 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng放fàng
Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Open 放 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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